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Set back in 1997... A day like any other ends in a brutally vicious race hate killing in the street.

What really happened when Phillip was murdered?

Each of his friends knows some of the story of that dramatic day. A day they'll never, ever forget....

How will his friends and family cope with the media spotlight as the strength of their relationships is tested to the full? Are their relationships strong enough to deal with the aftermath of a murder?

And how will the police cope when their investigation of the murder is questioned by an angry community desperate for justice?

Angry People Smiling delves into the rawest, deepest emotions and prejudices of those left behind to pick up the pieces, emotions and prejudices that are sometimes frail, sometimes strong, sometimes humorous but always with a passionately explosive undercurrent...

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Meet the Author

Peter Ashley is a practising lawyer, writer and sometimes internet television presenter on www.fiveeyes.tv.

His parents left Jamaica to live in London and he was a regular as an mc on reggae sound systems and on the radio when a youth, growing up in Peckham and Brockley in South East London. That mix of Jamaican and British working class influences is evident in the writing style and the language of the characters.

Angry People Smiling, which was a runner up in the prestigious Saga Prize, is his debut novel, available in paperback as an e-book in all popular formats and shortly to be available as an audio-book.

His book of short stories, "Who is the Music Man" will also be available shortly as a paperback, an audiobook and as an e-book in al popular formats.

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